The Substitute Bride: Making Memories Of Us (Lois Stone)

Lucas knew about Ayla's decision and he had no plans to stop her.

Sooner or later, she was bound to go back no matter what he might say, and he believed that she would eventually come back to him.

And once Ayla saw how intimate Brian and Anna were, she would understand.

"I'm sorry, Lucas.Have I disappointed you for doing this?"

The two of them were sitting on the sofa in the living room, drinking beer.

"Lala, no matter what decision you make, I will always be there to support you.Perhaps you should really go back to A City and see how things are going.It's been over two years since you left the city.I'm sure that a lot of things have changed ever since."

Lucas kept drinking.

Nobody understood how he felt for Ayla, but he never forced himself on her.He was still a man, and he also had sexual urges.Despite that fact, he had never done anything bad to her.Because he knew that he was all she had, and he never wanted to hurt her.And instead of harming her, he'd rather be with her.

Even if he could only stare at her like this, it was enough for him.

"Thank you so much, Lucas.With you by my side, I've never felt alone.I've never had any relatives since I was a child, and Toby was the only person I could rely on.But even so, he never really belonged to me."

Ayla drank so much that she had lost count of how many glasses she had finished.

At this point, she was probably intoxicated.

The man she once loved deeply was now married to another woman.

And the other man she fell in love with forced her to abort her child and drove her away, and even then, she didn't regret anything.

Perhaps, her love for Toby was based on dependence, and her love for Brian was something much more meaningful.

And so, now that she was going back, she must face two kinds of mentalities, and she had two different feelings.

"Lala, you've drank too much."

Lucas wanted to take the glass away from her, but Ayla refused.

"I'm not drunk."

She seldom drank beer or any type of alcohol.

Whenever she wanted to drink, it only meant that she was in a terrible mood and under a lot of stress.

all, she had been abroad for two years, and now she must

would

Lucas.Let's get

glass and refilled it with

worried that your body won't be able to

this year because he was afraid that she would

had happened to

waved her hand

deal.I'm

flashed him

wasn't that much of

of pain a year ago,

had a

Ayla paid no attention to Brian, but she kept

was still conducting illegal transactions, and he

himself.She inferred that maybe

do something, he would

he abhorred Tatum, he could quickly

safe over the past couple of years.But Ayla wasn't going to

hadn't kidnapped her, she wouldn't have

him with every fiber of

know? In the past two years, I have grown to despise Tatum Green, the man who almost destroyed me.Sadly, I'm unable to hurt

words were unintentional or maybe just brought about by her sadness, but Lucas' face

she also kill him? During the time they spent together, Lucas never mentioned

what she said just now, he

know, Brian is also a man who would do anything to achieve

fact, Brian and Tatum were the

for Brian, his family

him away and put him under harsh

Ayla found out about his ties with Tatum one day, she might think that

might drive her

thought of the worst case scenario, but

kind of people, and they are both the reason that I became like this.I'm not

than a year, and wandered on the edge of life and death for

was the obvious

"If you want

bore a bit of hatred and resentment in